Before we go any further, though… the Washington Post may tell us the details: they may not display any moral indignation. The Washington Post endorsed that corrupt suckweasel Terry McAuliffe for Governor of Virginia: the below is exactly the sort of thing that we all expected McAuliffe to do. Anybody who thought otherwise is a natural-born d*mned fool.

You see, in Virginia the ABC maintains a set of VERY profitable liquor stores for the Virginia state government; the board memberships are considered plum political positions, given that board members get paid $130K a year to sit around and make sure that people keep buying booze. Naturally, McAuliffe had the two sitting members tossed out* so that he could start out his administration by passing out the largess; also naturally, the Virginia GOP is infuriated that McAuliffe rewarded Marcus for selling out the Virginia GOP – and, oh, yeah, Ken Cuccinelli**.

OK, maybe I’m still a little unhappy about the way that the state party mucked up its own gubernatorial election. But, my petulant partisan peevishness aside: this is what we can expect for the next four years. Terry McAuliffe lacks that little voice inside most people’s heads that says Is that such a good idea? when it comes to shenanigans. I mention this largely as a warning to the Virginia GOP: you can’t count on this guy to act in enlightened self-interest. If McAuliffe could think in such terms, he would have found another way to pension off Boyd Marcus for services rendered.